How does the swell factor of blasted rock impact waste dump capacity requirements and material handling?

The swell factor of blasted rock directly increases the volume of material that needs to be stored in waste dumps, thus impacting waste dump capacity requirements and influencing material handling procedures. Swell factor is the ratio of the volume of a material after blasting to its volume before blasting. Blasting increases the volume of rock because the fragmentation creates voids and spaces between the rock fragments. The swell factor is always greater than 1.0. A higher swell factor means that the blasted rock occupies a....